Just below the flower 'umbel' (cyme) are an opposite pair of much narrower leaves, which may or may not have one or two pairs of smaller side-lobes at right-angles to the leaf axis and nearer the main stem. This one doesn't.

Some similarities to : Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) but that has longer narrower leaves similar to those of Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature : Similar to Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) but with pink flowers and large cordate to elliptical leaves which are heavily and dentately toothed, the upper stem leaves often having one or two pairs of smaller but similarly shaped lateral leaflets.

Native to the Pyrenees and non-native to the UK, they were introduced and now naturalised in damp woods and shady hedgebanks in the south of Scotland and very scattered elsewhere.